1992-93 NHL Regular Season
The Regular season will last 84 games this season. Up from the 80 games we have been playing for a long time.
Tampa’s first ever game is a loss to the
Blackhawks. In Expo Hall, a small rink holding just over 10k,
Mark Janssens got the franchise’s first ever goal.
Ottawa hosted the “Stanley Cup favourites”
Canadiens in their first game.
Doug Brown scores the first goal in this franchise’s rebirth. Despite being outshot 46-21, the
Sens win 5-3!
It’s early, but
Mario Lemieux and
Brett Hull both start out the season on pace for 50 in 50.
Lemieux has 14 goals in 12 games, while
Hull has 12 in 11. Also,
NY’s Mats Sundin leads the league in assists. Have the
Islanders fully arrived?!
Hull aiming at 50 in 50!
Lemieux scored just once in the 2nd month of the season, but that doesn’t mean his production fell off. He had 20 assists, putting him on top of the league scoring race.
Mario has some help this year.
Dmitri Khristich is looking great on his wing, with 37 points, while
Mike Modano has developed into a very dangerous offensive option, who probably can be the main option for a bunch of teams.
Modano also has 37 points on the season. This
Wings team looks better then they have in years!
20 assists in November!
Right after I wrote that,
Mario Lemieux’s season ends again. He breaks his shoulder, keeping him out for atleast 6 months.
Lemieux finishes the season with 42 points in 26 games.
Through 40 games, the
Senators are 3-35-2. That’s not far off what the real life expansion team did.
Ottawa’s leading scorer is
Pelle Eklund, a 29 year old 1.5 star forward. He’s a decent player, who had some success with
Toronto in the 80’s. He’s got 25 points in 39 games this year. Now if
Eklund is your best player, then your screwed!! The 1976
Atlanta Flames went 7-61-12. Good for 26 points. That’s the mark
Ottawa needs to avoid!
Eklund pacing the Sens.
Washington and
Detroit hook up to make a fairly big deal..
Detroit trades their top defenseman,
Vladimir Konstantinov for last season's rookie of the year,
Petr Nedved.
Detroit is having a great season, leading the Norris Division. They have been getting scoring from people other then
Mario Lemieux.
Konstantinov hasn’t been great this year, but he’s been steady, and he plays more then anyone else on the team. He’s a physical player, who blocks a lot of shots. This deal creates a huge hole on defense.
Detroit now has one 3 star, two 2 stars, and 3 1.5 star defensemen in the lineup.
Nedved, a centre, will play where
Modano was before the
Lemieux injury. I don’t think they really needed to upgrade that spot.
Jozef Stumpel was doing fine.
Nedved is gonna be a point per game player, and this might help short term, but should hurt
Detroit over the long term..
Nedved joins Detroit!
The
Edmonton Oilers look like they have finally turned a corner. After a few playoff runs after qualifying in 4th place, they are leading the Smythe Division by about 1000000 points. The defense has developed into the best group in hockey.
Nic Lidstrom has 64 points in 53 games.
Brian Leetch has 49 points and a game rating of 77!
Larry Murphy has 30 points, and has not been a liability in his own zone.
Gerald Diduck, Neil Wilkinson and
Dmitri Yushkevich are defense first guys who are doing a great job. Up front, forwards like
John LeClair, and
Mikael Renberg have developed into world class players. They play with established studs
Joe Nieuwendyk and
Dale Hawerchuk. If the
Islanders are the Wales conference team on the rise, their other conference rival may very well be this young
Oilers team!
Lidstrom could win the Pilote this year!
32 year old
Wayne Gretzky just hit 1000 assists. It’s only a matter of time before he passes
Gilbert Perreault’s record of 1121.
Gretzky is having a great year. He’s now got 115 points at the February 27th trade deadline, leading the league by 12 points. His
Whalers are having a fantastic season.
Wayne is also closing in on
Guy Lafleurs point record. He’s about 250 away at the moment.
Gretzky is racing to the top of the record books.
Huge blow to the champs. In late March,
Doug Gilmour fractures his elbow, ending his season.
Dougie had 107 points at the time of his injury. He’s not a guy you can replace with depth. With the season
Hartford and
Boston have had, I can’t see the
Nordiques getting out of the division without
Gilmour.
Gilmour's season is over.
Final Standings
The
Flyers, a year removed from back to back titles, followed by a conference finals appearance, fall to just 54 points, and last place in the Patrick.
Steve Yzerman only played 48 games.
Geoff Courtnall played 65, but
Curtis Joseph had a career high game rating, so I can’t explain them being that awful!!
New Jersey wins the president’s trophy, with 120 points. Their division rival, the
Islanders, are officially back. They did this without
Mats Sundin, who got hurt right after my post about his hot start. I missed the news about it.
Sundin ends up playing just 13 games, getting 17 points. He’s healthy though for the playoffs!
The
Senators win more then the 77 Flames. They still only finish with 32 points though, 20 points worse then anyone else.
Vancouver, fresh off a trip to the finals, miss the playoffs, while 2nd year
San Jose has made it!
Brett Hull hits 71 goals, but doesn’t come close to the 50 in 50 mark after his great start. He finished the season on fire, scoring 12 goals in 6 games!
Jaromir Jagr gets 94 points in 84 games.
Eric Lindros finishes the year with 76 points and 185 PIMS, while
Pavel Bure has 54 goals and 109 points. With
Sundin back for the playoffs, that’s a scary group!
The
Senators leading scorer ends up being
Pelle Eklund, with 52 points.
T.B’s top scorer is
Jonas Bergqvist, with 64 points.